map of fault lines in kentucky

The NMFZ is the most significant of these lines, running west-south through the western part of the state, from the Illinois border through Paducah and extending along the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to the west. We've received your submission. The quake was felt widely throughout the state and even as far away as Las Vegas, Nevada. dome (Lexington dome of some authors), a culmination of the arch in central Kentucky; the Cumberland Geologists know what the rocks in the subsurface look like from data gathered during drilling beneath the surface for oil, natural gas, coal, industrial minerals, and water resources, and from seismic exploration. No, earthquakes arent particularly rare in Kentucky. characterized at the surface by concentric and radial faults, an uplifted, brecciated, and partly dolomitized Kentucky is one of the top ten limestone producers in the country. Don't search a large area this way, it takes too long.